CHAPTER 3:Back to senses
"Well….' Scorpius started, but was rudely interrupted by Rose.
"Well WHAT? How did we end up doing this? Why can't I remember anything? I …." Rose started off, looking confused and lost.
"Rose, please calm down. We won't be able to do anything while we are still in Vegas. So just calm down because you are freaking me out"
"How can you say that? It's all because you. You were the one who dragged me to Opus. Ughh!'
"Rose, just go get a bath. It's already late and you will be stinking of the Opus drinks menu. We'll think about this later, okay?" and with this he got up and headed towards the other room. Rose opened her mouth to say something, but decided against it.
..SCORPIUS POV...
Oh Merlin! This is just sick. Dad will be SO disappointed. He always wanted me to settle down, but not in this manner. Mum will be sad, as she never got the opportunity to invite her high-society witches club. Also, I have let the family name down by marrying in a muggle way.
Out of this whole thing, I think Albus will be the only person who shall happy and of course the daily Prophet. "Weasley and Malfoys unite with the marriage of the oldest children"…fuck.
And Josh and Sam will be sad. They never got to sleep with some random person in wedding.
And that I DID sleep with somebody out of my consciences level, so they will be jealous of me. But that will be fun, to see, my cousins being jealous of me.
FOCUS. Scorpius. Focus.
And how…I underestimated those muggle drinks…that too I got married to Rose, of all people. She is like my sister….though we never spoke to each other humanely.
I might not have a problem, but… she is not happy about this arrangement.
Wait. I do have a problem….but…
I just wished that Rose was acting a bit mature about this.
But she did looked fetching in the black dress she wore last night. And her hair…it smelled of strawberries….
Wait. What am I thinking about? Rose looked fetching? ROSE?
I should probably do something, to make her feel happy… I mean, she is a Malfoy now. It is my duty to make her feel comfortable…and…
I'm speaking like granddad right now. He speaks as if he belongs to the middle ages.
But, I have this plan… I think she will be happy.
She's pretty hard to please. She never spoke to me as a FRIEND before. I guess I have to open up to her. But, will she?
I just wish that Rose would be a bit more mature.
Life is punishing me.
But it gave me a good-looking wife.
Cheers to that.
Merlin, these muggle intoxications are worse than the rum balls from the Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes.
..ROSE POV...
.MERLIN.
How did I even do this?
Mum will be so disappointed. She wanted me to get married soon, but if her wish was fulfilled because of my drunken stupidity…she will surely disinherit me. No, but I'm an auror. No, she won't disown me…but I don't think she will talk to me.
Nana will be the saddest. She never got to make our wedding cake.
OUR? I actually considered our relationship?
Dad will be crying, for two, actually three reasons.
One. He dint get to walk me down the aisle.
Two. He would not get to eat the food nana would make at the wedding.
Three. I just forgot.
Whatever. And granddad will be just plain and simple sad about the fact that I married a pure-blood.
Lily and Dominique would kill me, as they never got to be my bridesmaid, and flirt with Scorpius's hot male cousins. That's what I assume.
Uncle Harry and Aunt Ginny will not try to play with mum's temper, but will secretly come to me and congratulate.
Aunt Ginny will be the happiest, after Al. The mother-son duo is pretty dangerous.
Uncle Percy and Aunt Audrey will be bragging about how they know everybody and how EVERYBODY knows them. It will be irrelevant, but who will go and tell them that?
Victoire will be sad about the fact that she didn't get to shag Teddy at a wedding.
Teddy will be sad, as he will think that I eloped.
SHIT.
My family will think that I ELOPED.
My infinite number of family members will think I eloped. And all of them will remain sad about my "what happens in Vegas" wedding.
Great. I should probably go to the Sahara desert and live there.
No, I can't do that. Uncle Bill goes there regularly for some Gringotts work.
God, please kill me now.
Scorpius still had the throbbing pain in his head, but it was quite less than what it had been some time back. He leaned against the French windows and looked at the city below. With the sun setting in the western horizon, it was indeed beautiful scenery.
But he dint have the time to admire the scenic beauty. All he had to do right now was to wait for Rose to come out of her bath. Which he knew would take a long time.
Then something caught his eyes. A paper, which was not there till yesterday, was lying on the dining table. He picked it up and sighed deeply. It was their marriage papers, shit h. He could not even use his magic here. They were in a muggle building, so using it would be taking a high rise can never under estimate muggles after this particular escapade. There were cameras all around the hotel. And Danny McCoy was not that stupid. That reminded him that he had to tell Al about their…Hmmm…about the outcome of having too much of muggle hard drinks.
But at that moment Rose came out of her room, dressed in a sun dress. She said, "So…What's the plan, Scorpius? What do we do now?"
"Well, I was thinking that maybe we should tell Al. I mean, he's a best friend to both of us. And I trust him. So, what about that?"
"Yeah, we can tell Al. But I think he will be dancing and jumping after hearing this" Rose said and Scorpius caught a momentary grin on her face.
"I think so too…." He said, smiling at her. "And I found this", he handed her the papers.
"Oh. So I am your lawfully wedded wife and you are my lawfully wedded husband. And twenty-four hours back, we were happy about the fact that we finally caught J.J. , after three months. So, who will break it to Albus? Or let's keep it to him at the moment. When we'll go back to London, we'll tell them about it. But since we're wizards, do you think that this marriage is legal in terms of the ministry?"
"I don't know about that… I'll ask Al about it. He works in the dept. of Law Enforcement, so he should know better. And from where the hell did we get the rings?"
"It's pretty, though. You tell Al about it, and I'll order some food for us" and she began rummaging through the assortment of menus.
Scorpius took out his laptop from the bag lying on the couch. Beneath it were some clothes. He sighed, and opened his iMac to send an email. They had to use muggle forms of communication, as sending a patronus would be too difficult from a different continent, that too from a very crowded city. He wrote,
Dear Al,
I have a sad news for you…
Actually, it's sad for everybody apart from you.
Rose and I have gotten married. It was a stupid drunken mistake, and if you ever go out with those weird muggle girlfriends of yours, well, don't underestimate the power of their drinks.
Since we are married in the muggle way, Rose thinks that it might not be legal for two wizards. But it would be great since you work in magical law enforcement, you would have better idea about this than us.
And please don't tell anybody about this. It's pretty shameful; two senior aurors, getting married in VEGAS.
We prefer telling our families together.
Dance all you can. But remember, Albus Severus Potter, we won't be together if we aren't considered to be legally married according to the wizard law. Also, if we are, then I'm pretty sure that we will separate when we can file for a divorce.
Oh, By the way, we FINALLY CAUGHT J.J. but I think Mr. Potter told you that.
Anyway, I have to go….Rose is calling. We just woke up, you see.
AND DON'T TELL ANYBODY.
Lots of love,
Scorpius
Scorpius reread the mail many times, before finally pressing the SEND button.
And hoped for the best.
Then a weird noise came from his pocket. These muggles had invented this great thing called 'MOBILE PHONES' which were fast, but not faster than wandicom.
He realized that his mobile was ringing. He picked up the call.
"Hello?"
"Aah! Scorpius! Congratulations for catching JJ. I can finally retire knowing that I have left the auror department in the most capable hands."
"No, Mr. Potter, don't say that. And Rose has a major credit in solving this case."
"So, you have finally developed some humane feelings for each other?", Mr. Potter said, as if he was trying to control his laughter.
He wondered what to say. Or should he just say, "Oh no, Mr. Potter. We have no feelings for each other. That is why we got married."
"Actually, sir, we have gotten used to each other. And we became friends in that way. Plus, I do respect my colleagues. And Rose is a great one, I must say."
"Well, I am very happy to hear that. And I called you to tell you that you don't have to do the paper-work. We will take care of it. You can return early, if that's what you wish."
"Really? Thanks, Mr. Potter! We will come tomorrow, then."
"I'll let the portkey authorities know about your departure. Goodbye, then."
"Good bye, sir."
He felt relieved, after a long time. He would be seeing his friends and family after a long time.
"You told Al about it?" Rose asked, while chewing a chicken piece.
"Yeah, I sent him a mail. I even told him not to tell anybody."
"I don't trust Aunt Ginny. That mother-son duo is after our lives."
"No, we trust Al. And he's intelligent enough to keep our secret safe. So, what's the plan for tonight?"
"You want go out again? Wasn't yesterday enough? Or do you want to take home a pregnant wife?" Rose asked sarcastically.
"Didn't Hugo ever tell you what a fat mouth you own? Anyway, we won't be able to do anything unless we come to know about how legal our marriage is. So, what do you say?"
"I don't know. I'll come with you anyway."
"Fine. Go get dressed. And meet me at the reception."
"Stop ordering me around. We would not even be married if you wouldn't decide to do silly things."
"Rose, you really want to fight now, at this hour? So, PLEASE go get dressed." and he left.
Rose was staring at the door with a puzzled expression. "Whatever.", she muttered, and went back to her room to get her purse. She put on some kohl on her eyes and sprayed some perfume. She wore black peep-toes, and left the room.
On reaching the reception, she saw Scorpius reading a map.
"What's with the map?" she asked him.
"You'll see. Come with me." He said, and walked towards the exit of the hotel. They stood at the landing, below which had the stairs leading to the valet parking.
"What are we waiting for?" Rose asked Scorpius, while staring at the innumerable cars that piled up in front of the gate, dropped the passengers, and left.
"You'll see, Rose. Be patient." Suddenly, a car drove up in front of them, out of which the driver came out and waved at them.
"Mr. Malfoy! It's ready!" the driver shouted.
"Who's he?" Rose asked, while Scorpius looked up from the map and pulled her with him, along the stairs.
"Mr. Malfoy, here are the keys. Where's the receipt?" the driver asked, while handing him the keys.
"Here, take it." And handed him a piece of printed paper. "Rose, get inside the car."
Rose got inside the car, with a surprised expression on her face. Scorpius sat next to her, and began to attach his seat belt and started the engine.
"Don't be surprised, darling" Scorpius said craftily with a smile on his face, as if he was enjoying all of it.
The valet guy standing outside smiled. "Have nice journey, Mr. and Mrs. Malfoy!"
But Scorpius drove off before they could hear him completing the sentence.
AUTHOR'S NOTE:
So. I've had quite a few reviews, and I have been told by Cass that I do have a lot grammatical errors. Well Cass, you are not the only one, my English private tutor, my English teacher at my school, have all complained about my grammatical errors. And I DO have a problem with tenses... I accept you are not mean...believe me...if I would take all the negative comments by heart...I would have to go and live in isolation.:) so relax.:)
In fact, my problem with tenses is the reason why I miss the highest or full marks in English.:(
But the fact that I got reviews by just uploading two chapters..makes me feel humble. And happy.
THANK YOU!
And this story...well, I want to make it humorous..I do have some plots in mind...but it will take time to execute them.
And I really want to know what my readers have in mind about the story..so please, let me know. I could pick up some ideas, you know.
And, as I have said before, CRITICISM IS ALWAYS ACCEPTED.
And I hope that I have been able to write the POVs well. I just wanted to add two different perspectives..but they do become quite similar.
AND it is NOT a copy of the movie ' What Happens In Vegas.'
It's just an event via which I want to bring Rose/Scorpius together..
Well, I hope that I have been successful in establishing a small connect with my readers...
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